VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is celebrating a special Mass for migrants in St. Peter’s Basilica, calling attention to their plight and inviting them to the Vatican as Europe, the U.S. and other countries increasingly close their doors to them.
Several migrants and representatives of aid groups that care for them were among the guests at the intimate Mass marking the fifth anniversary of Francis’ landmark visit to Lampedusa, the Sicilian island that for years was the primary destination of migrants smuggled from Libya.
During that trip the new pope denounced what he called the “globalization of indifference” shown by the world to migrants escaping war, poverty and climate-induced natural disasters.
This entire planet needs to come together to figure out how to handle this era of massive immigration. Thus far, the majority of the world’s migrants have gone elsewhere for economic reasons. Many others for political and religious reasons. The next wave will be 1000X bigger, and that will be the climate refugees. There is no escaping the future. Either we handle the hardships of humanity together, or we end up fighting and killing each other. Pope Francis is establishing hope for humanity. People like T rump give humanity the big F U. I’m not Catholic, but i know which direction i’ll work toward.
OMFG - The Pope is a Christian. How will the religious Reich in this country handle THAT?
Th Gospel of Ayn Rand.
This is what so-called “organized” religion should be doing, not supporting Donnie’s evil acts…
Papa Francis lives the Gospels. The RWNJ Tea Party types in this country shout about how faithful and religious they are from the rooftops, yet when they live their everyday lives not one of them cares to feed and cloth the poor or any of the other Corporal Works of Mercy that Jesus outlined. Hypocrites